Demystifying The Secrets of Your Competitors in the Marketplace
- What exactly is Competitive Analysis and Business Intelligence  –  Let’s demystify the definition and talk through some basic techniques to help get you started, and more importantly, how to gain valuable insights that influence your ability to win from both a capability and price perspective.
- Top 5 industry tips on how and where to gather data (we promise, we’re sticking to free or widely used sources!)
- Now you have the data, let’s talk about how to use it!
- We’ll cover some industry best practices to ensure the appropriate, timely, and most efficient use of your time and resources.
- Beth Goode has almost a decade of success and experience as a Federal capture support professional, with a focus on design engineering and strategy consulting. She possesses in-depth experience in the full range of business development activities, including Solution Development, Costing/Pricing Specialist, Competitive Analyst and Price To Win Analyst. Prior to joining Richter & Company, Ms. Goode was a Senior Competitive Intelligence and Competitive Pricing Analyst at Deloitte. In a previous role as Senior Analyst at Avascent, she was responsible for providing Price to Win and Capture support to federal defense industry clients. She also has worked as an electrical engineer at L-3 Communications. Ms. Goode received a B.S. from the University of North Texas, and M.S. in Engineering Management from Duke University.
- Avantika Singh has over 15 years of experience in the Government Contracting industry as a seasoned pricing strategist. She has a deep focus and understanding of bidding methodologies, pricing tools and techniques, and possesses in-depth experience on cost/price development and analysis. Prior to joining Richter & Company, Ms. Singh was the VP of Pricing Strategy & Solutions at The McKelvey Group. In her previous roles, she was responsible for leading clients to develop winning pricing proposals. She has also worked as a Financial Analyst and Project Control Analyst at several government contracting companies, providing thought leadership and valuable financial analysis to help sustain and increase growth. Ms. Singh received a B.S in Finance from the University of Maryland, Smith School of Business, and an MBA in Global Business, from Virginia Tech.
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Beth Goode
Richter & Company, LLC
Avantika Singh
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Signature Events
Annual Meeting
In January of 2020, we will celebrate the leadership of our 2019 Chair of the Board, Lisa Kimball (The Arc of Loudoun), and welcome in our new Chair for 2020, Stacey Metcalfe (Inova Loudoun Hospital) and honor the Community Leadership Awards finalists and winners.
Annual Real Estate Event
While Loudoun outperforms other Virginia counties on most economic measures, we still face many challenges to our future prosperity. Whether it’s our investment in Metro, a housing affordability crisis or attracting a millennial workforce, Loudoun’s challenges demand effective solutions.
Golf Classic
On Monday, August 19, 2019, we will host our 37th Annual Golf Classic event at the award-winning Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf course, The Club at Creighton Farms. This course is one of the finest on the Eastern Seaboard —  is nothing short of spectacular. This event has been Loudoun County’s Premier business golf tournament for three decades.
Golf Tour
The Loudoun Chamber Golf Tour is back for Round 8! This casual, networking tournament pairs you and a partner against a field of over 30 two-man teams in a progressive four month tournament. Designed with the busy professional in mind, each event consists of a 9 hole round after work, followed by a short networking reception to get you home in time to put the kids to bed. The team with the lowest cumulative score after four events is the 2019 Loudoun Chamber Golf Tour Champion.
Small Business Awards
Join us on November 8, 2019 for the Loudoun Small Business Awards, for our 25th Anniversary of these prestigious honors celebrating the best small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations in our Loudoun community. Winners will be announced in front of a live audience of more than 400 of Loudoun’s top business and community leaders.
SuperHero 5k & Kids Fun Run
As a Signature Chamber event, the SuperHero 5k Run and Kids Fun Run offered companies a great way to show Loudoun County their commitment to healthy living for your employees and our community.
Valor Awards
The Loudoun Chamber will honor local heroes, from Public Safety personnel to ordinary citizens, for their courageous, often lifesaving actions in 2018 at the 34th Annual Valor Awards ceremony on Friday, April 12th at The National Conference Center. The entire Loudoun County business community is invited to attend these Annual Valor Awards to help honor these dedicated public servants for their selfless acts of heroism and commitment to protecting our families, our neighbors and our community!